Krishna District is a district of India’s Andhra Pradesh state. It is named after the Krishna River which flows through the district. Machilipatnam is the administrative headquarters of the district.
The district was situated between 80º 01′ and 81º 33’E, of the eastern longitudes and 15º 45′ and 17º 10’N, of northern latitudes. The Boundaries of this district are West Godavari district in the East, Bay of Bengal in the South, Guntur and Nalgonda districts in the West and Khammam district in the North directions.
The district has population of 45,29,009 as per the 2011 census which accounts for 5.34% of the total population of the State with 8.15% decadal growth.
Source: Bureau Of Economics
Item
|
Units
|
Figure
|
Source
|
Area
|
In 000 Sq.Km
|
8.7
|
Census 2011
|
Population
|
In Persons
|
45,29,009
|
“
|
Male
|
In Persons
|
22,68,312
|
“
|
Female
|
In Persons
|
22,60,697
|
“
|
Urban
|
In Persons
|
18,57,291
|
“
|
Rural
|
In Persons
|
26,71,718
|
“
|
Population Growth (decadal)
|
%
|
8.15
|
“
|
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km)
|
Ratio
|
519
|
“
|
Literacy
|
%
|
74.37
|
“
|
Male
|
%
|
79.13
|
“
|
Female
|
%
|
69.62
|
“
|
Urbanisation
|
%
|
41.01
|
“
|
Workers as % of total population
|
%
|
43.97
|
2001
|
Workers % of main Workers
|
%
|
85.54
|
“
|
Household industries
|
%
|
2.9
|
“
|
Area under Food & Non-Food crops
|
Area in Hectares
|
7,26,436
|
2012
|
Mining & Quarrying (Limestone – Top)
|
Qty in tonnes
|
42,12,734
|
“
|
Forest Area under the control of Forest Department
|
Area in Hectares
|
76,186
|
“
|
Gross irrigated area as % of gross cropped area
|
%
|
58.51
|
“
|
Value of output of major crops
|
%
|
–
|
“
|
Per capita food grain production
|
%
|
–
|
“
|
Road Length per 100 sq.km.
|
In Sq.km
|
80.73
|
“
|
Post offices per 100,000 persons
|
Ratio
|
18.06
|
“
|
Bank branches per 100,000 persons
|
Ratio
|
11.68
|
“
|
Population per bank
|
In Thousands
|
8.63
|
“
|
Per capita bank deposits
|
Rs. In Crores
|
32836.1
|
“
|
Per capita bank credit
|
In Rs.
|
36927.28
|
“
|
Per capita bank credit to agriculture
|
In Rs.
|
64.27
|
2010
|
Per ha. bank credit to agriculture
|
In Rs.
|
40.07
|
“
|
Per capita bank credit to Industries
|
In Rs.
|
42.86
|
“
|
Major Crops 2011-12
Crop
|
Area in hectares
|
Out-turn in tonnes
|
Source
|
Rice
|
2,72,029
|
10,11,542
|
2011-12
|
Maize
|
24,687
|
1,64,906
|
“
|
Black gram(Mash)
|
1,74,857
|
1,56,052
|
“
|
Green gram(Moong)
|
12,843
|
9,190
|
“
|
Groundnut
|
4,234
|
8,710
|
“
|
Coconut
|
1,847
|
27,513
|
“
|
Sugarcane
|
16,024
|
1,64,424
|
“
|
Mangoes
|
57,382
|
3,73,557
|
“
|
Major Mineral Production
Mineral
|
Quantity
(Tonnes) |
Value
(‘000 Rs.) |
Source
|
Limestone
|
42,12,734
|
5,39,778
|
2011-12
|
Quartz
|
13,444
|
2,209
|
“
|
Source: AP State Portal
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